Tag: sport for peace

This special issue of Peace Review seeks to investigate the current social, cultural, political, and scholarly discourse around sports, development, and peace in a global context. How has sport been deployed as a tool for strengthening social ties and networks, for promoting ideals of peace, fraternity, solidarity, non-violence, tolerance, and justice? How is sport an “instrument” for peace? How does sport contribute to development?

“Peace and Sport, L’Organisation pour la Paix par le Sport” (known as Peace and Sport) was founded in 2007 by Modern Pentathlon Olympic medallist and...

Guest Editor: Jon Welty Peachey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA According to the International Platform on Sport and Development (IPSD, n.d.), there are currently 572...

We are proud to announce the 3rd International Conference on Science Culture and Sport, under the theme “Sport and Culture as Powerful Means to...

Supported by a partnership between Generations For Peace and the Georgetown University Masters of Arts Programme in Conflict Resolution, this report highlights findings from...

Guest Editors Dr. Megan Chawansky, University of Brighton, m.chawansky@brighton.ac.uk Dr. Lyndsay Hayhurst, University of British Columbia, lyndsay.hayhurst@ubc.ca Overview Drawing on dominant claims of the positive benefits of sport...

The International Olympic Academy and the Conflict Resolution Program of the Department of Government at Georgetown University are proud to announce the inauguration of Olympism for Humanity (O4H), a global...